Cogar, Oklahoma
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Binger-Hinton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73059. The Survey maps it on the Cogar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1893 USGS Buggy Creek quadrangle1:62500
- 1893 USGS Cogar quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Clinton quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cogar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Anadarko quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Cogar between 2000 and 2020, burning about 3,336 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Anadarko Agency | RAINWOOD |
| 13 June 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 82 acres | Anadarko Agency | CANNEDY |
| 30 March 2005 | Debris and open burning | 93 acres | Anadarko Agency | COGAR |
| 12 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,950 acres | Oklahoma Division of Forestry | CEDAR LAKE |
| 24 December 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Anadarko Agency | COZAD |
| 17 December 2009 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Anadarko Agency | STINKFOOT |
| 3 November 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Anadarko Agency | CEDAR LAKE |
| 6 October 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Anadarko Agency | SAYLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cogar in 22 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 16 hail, 4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cogar | $20,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds, probably associated with a thunderstorm downburst, blew the roof and patio off a trailer house. A light pole was also blown over onto a house and tin an 2x4 boards were forced into the ground. |
| November 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cogar | $7,000 | Several three-inch oak tree limbs were downed by the strong winds. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| August 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Cogar | $5,000 | Tree damage was noted from a tornado that moved north in the northeast corner of Caddo County to the northeast of Cogar. The damage path indicated that the tornado crossed into Canadian County about 0.3 miles west of the Canadian/Caddo/Grady county intersection. Monetary damages were estimated.| |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Cogar | $5,000 | This is the first segment of a tornado that started in Caddo County and moved east-northeast before dissipating just after crossing into Grady County, nine miles west-northwest of Minco. The tornado began near the intersection of EW115 Road and NS274 Road then traveled 1.2 miles dissipating just to the northeast of the location a quarter mile north of EW115 Road on the county line road of NS275 Road. A homestead was damaged with tree limbs snapped, stockade fence blown over, a camper trailer blown sideways, a trampoline lofted, and swing set blown over. This occurred shortly before the tornado crossed the county line. |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F1) | Cogar | $1,000 | Tornado B9. See summary at end of May 3rd storm reports. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Cogar | - | The report was relayed through mPING. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Cogar | - | A storm chaser submitted a photograph of a tornado near Cogar. No known damage occurred. The location and time are estimated. |
| August 2013 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| February 2009 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| March 2009 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Cogar | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Creek | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Dutton | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Binger | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Gracemont | 12.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lookeba | 12.7 miles | 11 | |
| Three-Way Corner | 15.2 miles | 10 | |
| Hinton | 15.2 miles | 10 | |
| Albert | 16.4 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Cogar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5141080 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1100310. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





